Living the Teachings
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Issue #2
Your Own Infinity
Hargopal Kaur, co-authored with Yogi Bhajan
Infinity, God, the Unknown. There are countless names and approaches towards the infinite. Yogi Bhajan shared many ways to connect with that exalted, elevated state of consciousness. Hargopal Kaur has gathered some of these paths — see which ones resonate with you. Across 320 pages you will find practical wisdom, 26 specially selected kriyas and meditations to help you rise above the finite self and merge with the infinite.
A passage to sit with
“You are not a finite being trying to reach God. You are infinity, temporarily experiencing the finite. The practice is not to become something. It is to remember what you already are.”
— Yogi Bhajan
What this means in real life
So many of us approach practice as a kind of reaching — as if something is missing and we are trying to close the gap. This teaching turns that around completely. We are not small beings looking up at something vast. We are the vastness, learning to trust that. The finite experience — the worry, the limitation, the smallness we feel — is real, and it is also temporary. What does not change is the infinite nature underneath it all. When we practice with that as our starting point, the whole quality of our sadhana shifts. We stop striving and start recognising.
Practice (5 minutes)
Part 1 — Sufi Grinds (2 minutes)
- Sit in easy pose or on a chair with feet flat on the floor. Hands rest on your knees.
- Begin to rotate the spine in large, slow circles — leaning forward, sweeping to the left, back, then right.
- Continue for 1 minute, then reverse direction for 1 minute.
- Move from the base of the spine. Let the movement be full and unhurried.
Part 2 — Me Within Me (3 minutes)
A meditation for self-affirmation.
- Remain seated. Close your eyes and bring your attention to the heart centre.
- Breathe long and deep, and begin to repeat the following — silently or aloud:
Me within me is the purity.
Me within me is the reality.
Me within me is the grace.
I am the master of the space.
- Continue for 3 minutes. When you are ready to close, inhale deeply, hold briefly, and exhale. Sit in stillness for one breath before opening your eyes.
This meditation can be extended to 11 minutes or 31 minutes as your practice grows.
Affirmation
“I am not reaching for the infinite. I am remembering that I already am it.”
Reflection question
Where in my life am I striving to become something, when the invitation might be simply to recognise what is already here?